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Sunday, November 13, 2016

Ken Whitman Moves Back to Kentucky (and a whole lot more)

It's been fairly quiet on the Ken Whitman / Whit Whitman / Ken Whitless front lately. I'm guessing he's been attempting to keep a low profile, what with lawsuits and other charges hovering like drones over his head. Ken is kinda like Whack-a-Mole - you never know where he is going to pop up next.

Well, now you do know:

So, Corbin Kentucky, eh?

I've been told Ken has some... revealing pics at the site this screenshot game from. I'm glad my source didn't pass that on.

(edited to conform to my own social mores and not my intense dislike for all things Ken Whitman)

Then there is this:

Corbin is 22 minutes away by car. Looks like Kenny will be making an appearance. Ask him about being a zombie . I mean, he did play one of the Walking Dead, right? A zombie, that is.

Considering that Ken's running around loose, what you're actually saying is "no one that I *believe* to be a criminal has a right to privacy". Also "anyone that I believe to be a criminal can have whatever arbitrary penalties I feel like heaped upon them in addition to the formal sentencing". At which point it's really just punishing anyone that you don't like as much as you want whenever you want. Which I guess is cool for the one doing the deciding, but not so great for anyone else.

There is no right to privacy if it posted on the Internet and someone somewhere is able to access it. In other words, you want privacy don't use the Internet, use cash to pay your bills, and live in a cabin in the woods.

Actually... Yes, if you get a speeding (or any other) traffic ticket, your name and what you were caught doing is public information. Many news outlets have what is called a "police blotter" or other roundup of arrests. So, don't break the law while you live in your cabin in the woods. (small grin)

First, I had no idea that the site this screenshot was drawn from was private. I assumed, as everything else Ken has done, it was yet another attempt to make money at the expense of those ignorant of Ken's ways.

So, if I have stepped over the bounds, mea culpa. Can't guarentee it won't happen again but I will try to be more discreet in the future.

That being said, Ken is a public figure and the expectations of privacy are less for such. Additionally, the main point of this post was to highlight Ken's latest move. Goes without saying that I suspect he's drained whatever goodwill / monies / whatever else her could from the Atlanta Film Industry.

Ken admitted to funneling money from unfulfilled Kickstarters to his film projects. At the very least that violates KS rules. It may also constitute theft.

I will ALWAYS post Ken's latest known location (by town, not street address) so that those filing civil suits to recover the tens of thousands of dollars of misused Kickstarter funds have an easier time to have him served.

FYI - from what I've seen today regarding Ken (there has been a literal dump of info today), this is the most tame information I could have shared. As stated above, this appeared to me to be yet another angle for Ken to make money and it revealed his latest location.

Really seems unclear where it came from to be honest (as far as a website). I did notice on his FB wall at least one girl in Atlanta is trying to get a refund from him for money. So it would appear, Atlanta is no longer safe ground for him. But I'm guessing.

After some screenshot googling and comparison it looks like these come from 'fetlife'. Seems to be a kind of facebook for kinky people. So could very well be public if you have an account, I don't know how it's privacy settings work.

Some of us notice people were complaining on his FB wall the other day about paying for servcies they didn't receive and asking for refunds (his acting studio).

Curiously news of the move hit about the same time. AND his Whit Studios page on FB has mysteriously disappeared. One *might* assume he had to pack up and head for new ground.

I don't care how he spends his spare time or makes his money - if it helped him finish his KS projects. But I think we all know that's not going to happen. With time people will get tired of asking about his projects and I think that's what he's counting on.

Two other developments: the Whit Studios Square Store site is still up, and the pic of Whitless with Dan E Scott (actor) and some other people at Smoke Belly's that was on Scott's Facebook page is gone.

Fetlife is a social site, yes I find it low that someone post pictures of me from a site that says, hey, don't do that. I have no pictures in that site I would not show anyone. So keep waisting hours of time digging up useless garbage, coming up with half-baked ideas that are literally outright spins.

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Why "Swords & Wizardry?"

Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea (thank you Kickstarter) (edit) BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and will soon have some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep shipping shortly in my grubby hands awaiting a review..

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls (and still waiting on dT&T to ship).

So, out of all that, why Swords & Wizardry? Why, when I have been running a AD&D 1e / OSRIC campaign in Rappan Athuk am I using Swords & Wizardry and it's variant, Crypts & Things, for the second campaign? (Actually, now running a S&W Complete campaign, soon to be with multiple groups)

Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 48, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)